Recap by Kaydee

One Life to Live Recap for Thursday, November 21, 2002

"Married...With Children", and an old Schemer!

Roxy opens the scene with a spray of some God-forsaken concoction she calls perfume. Max enters and grimaces, asking her what the stench is. She says it's her lucky scent. Max passes her and she tells him that she is using it to bring her luck at her and Asa's gambling session.

She asks Max if he's worried about his wife spending time with another man, and he asks her if he looks worried. Before she can reply, the doorbell rings. She heads over to the door and opens it to face Jessica. Roxy calls her "Jessie", and she harshly corrects her with, "It's Jessica!"
Roxy disinterestedly says that she used that name when she thought that Jessica was her little girl. Jessica angrily replies that she was NEVER her daughter, and Viki and Clint are her parents.

Roxy starts to close the door on her, telling Jess that she doesn't have time for her nonsense, she has plans. Jessica shoves her way in and asks Roxy if she's seen Natalie. Roxy retorts that she should check in Seth's bed. Jessica tries to control her anger with Roxanne, and she tells her that she's worried about Nat. She hasn't come home all night..

Roxy says that she hasn't seen her tramp sister and Jessica snaps to Natalie's defense. She tells Roxy that Natalie may not be a saint, but compared to Roxy, she's an angel. She further tells the drunken airhead that it's a miracle that Natalie turned out as well as she did after being raised by her.

Roxy throws her out, and she places a call on her cell phone. She asks someone on the other line if they've spotted Nat, and is relieved by the news she received. She goes on her way.

Back inside, Max receives a call from Old Papa Coot himself. Asa wants to know where his tramp wife is. Max tells him that she's still there at the house. Asa tells Max that the only way a seduction plan will work is if there are TWO people in the same place for one to seduce the other! DUH!

Max tells Asa not to worry, he'll get Roxy there if he has to deliver her personally on a silver platter. Asa says he'd better, because he's just itching to move on to Phase Two. Max grimaces, and tries to persuade Asa to come up with another plan to get Rae-Ray out of the way. He's not sure that he an stomach romancing Rae. Asa counters that seducing his dingbat drunk of a wife is no picnic either, but he's toughing it out. He can't stand her, especially after what she did to Jessica, but he has to get Rae's claws out of him, and fast. Max assures him that he'll do whatever he has to do.

LOONVIEW TEEN BEAT: PSYCHO BRAT SHOWDOWN!

It's the Superbroom versus the psycho, folks! Jen tells Al that if he's truly sorry for what he did to the baby, he'll keep his big mouth shut about the baby's true paternity. Al tells her that he doesn't understand. There is no baby anymore, so why is she still worried about who knows what?

Jen asks him if he's stupid or something. Cris won't marry her if he finds out that the baby was Al's, and Al is mortified. What has happened to her, he wants to know, she used to be a good person, who cared about people.
Jen tells him that he knows what happened. Al concurs, he knows about Cristian and Natalie, but it's a shame that she can't realize that they aren't worth it...

(HUH? WHAT! Is this a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black?)

Jen tells him that she doesn't need him feeling sorry for her, she just wants him to promise that he'll keep his mouth shut if he wants her forgiveness, or if he wants to keep his freedom. He counters that maybe he doesn't give a flying hoot about her forgiveness, or about going to jail.
She pulls another trump card. How about if she tells everyone what he did to the baby?

Al says that she's just outright cruel, and the only reason she wanted the baby was to keep Cris. Jen tells him that what he thinks doesn't matter. She just wants him to keep his mouth shut, or he'll be sorry. Sam walks in at that point and reminds Al that he was forbidden to see Jen, so what is he doing there?

Jen covers for him, telling Sam that Al came to apologize for everything, and now that he has, they have nothing left to talk about...right...Al?
Al just shakes his head in pity and disbelief, and leaves. He arrives at his dad's house just as Roxy leaves, and slumps down into the couch. Max asks his son if he's okay. Al informs Max of Jen's miscarriage, and Max feels bad. He asks Al to tell him the truth..was the baby his?

Al ponders the decision to tell his dad the truth, then Jen's words echo in his head and he denies it.

AND BABY MAKES FOUR!

This storyline, in its present stage, is so utterly boring in my opinion, that I almost forgot that it was part of today's episode. I hate that Kamar de Los Reyes' talents are being wasted as they are, but hey, I'm just a viewer...with a mouth.

Antonio and Keri are engrossed in the task of unpacking in their new home. Antonio runs over and removes a box from her, telling her that she is not to be lifting anything. She lovingly protests, telling him that she's pregnant, not handicapped, and there are plenty of pregnant women out there doing their jobs.

Antonio tells her that he doesn't want anything to happen to the baby. Anyway, somewhere through all of this, they wind up kissing, and Liz walks in with a crate of Keri's belongings. She is immediately embarrassed as she notices their embrace, and Keri assures her that everything is fine. She heads out of the room, and we all know what comes next.

Liz corners Antonio into a one-on-one, telling him that they have to get over their tension. They had a one-night stand, they didn't even know each other's names, and the baby isn't his. Are they clear on that?

Antonio tells her that they are, and Liz goes spacy. She goes off into a trance, remembering Hank's harsh words about her secret coming back to haunt her one the baby is born.

Later, Keri suggests that instead of just renting the place, she should buy it. Then Keri and Antonio can buy a house not too far away, and she and the baby can...

Liz freaks out, saying adamantly, "No way, Keri! We can't do that!"

Keri is left staring at her mother, baffled.

SHOWDOWN #2A & #3: DAY TWO!

I am still utterly sick, people! There's more illness to come. Let's go back to Viki and Mitch, shall we?

Okay. Viki tells him that for him to even suggest such a thing is revolting! Mitch tells her that it's true, and surely she remembers that night? What night? Viki asks. The night Jessica was conceived.
Viki, caught between pure rage and terror, asks him what he could possibly know about the night Jessica was conceived. He smugly tells her that he knows because he was there. Viki tells him that he's lying. Mitch tells her that he's doing no such thing, and he could tell by the look in her eyes just a moment ago, that she remembers that night.

Viki turns to Mitch, still angry, but also trying to find some loophole that will prove that he's lying, and tells him that she remembers no such thing.
Well, Mitch brings up the memory jogger...ICED TEA. Mitch Lawrence's famous, or infamous iced tea. Is anything coming to mind?

Does she remember that Clint had called to tell her that there was an emergency at The Banner that night? The printer presses had suddenly stopped working, and he would be home late? Viki is beginning to shake, and she asks him how he knew that.

Mitch flashes that smile again, and tells her that he sees that she's beginning to remember, and he keeps digging the knife. Remember that her nanny, Kim, had called out sick that evening, and she'd hired a replacement?

Viki, is shaking some more. Mitch reminds her of the fact that she had asked the replacement nanny to bring her some iced tea. Viki has a flashback of the nanny bringing a glass of iced tea to her, and she's breaking....

Mitch goes on, reminding her of the rest of the events of that fateful night..one by one...

Oh, it was hot that night, and Viki drank that iced tea down good. Well, now, surely she remembers when Mitch had arrived? She had to, she was still conscious at that time.

Viki has a flashback of Mitch arriving, telling her how lovely she looked.
She remembers feeling drugged, and then she turns to face Mitch, and dares to ask him what did he do her?

Mitch tells her that they did it together...they created a child. They created Jessica, and he couldn't have asked for a better daughter. Viki says that she had TWINS, so is he saying that he married his own daughter?

Mitch tells her that he was told that only ONE of the girls was his child, and although it's rare, it does happen....

(Oh, PUHLEEZE, somebody write me back with proof of THAT!)

Viki holds on to one last shred of hope, telling him that they had the girls' DNA tested..

Ah, but Mitch takes that last leg out from under her. You only had Natalie tested against the DNA of both you and Clint, you did not test Jessica against Clint's DNA. He hands her an object, telling her that the item will tell all.

Viki is defeated, and she asks Mitch how he could have done such an unspeakable thing? Mitch turns to her, his eyes glowing demonically, and says,

"I thought you'd never ask!" Just as Jessica walks in through the front door.

And if this Mitch/Jessica thing proves true, then Jessica will have eaten her plate of Crow in full!

QUARRY SANCTUARY:

Cris and Natalie continue to discuss their revelations, and Cris tells Natalie that as soon as Jen recovers, he's going to end things. Nothing can stand between them now. Natalie tells him that something already is...her husband.

Cris tells her that he is aware that she is married, but she's only been married for a day and she can get out of it. Natalie expresses feelings of guilt, telling Cris that she wouldn't want to hurt Michael that way. He was there for me when I thought my life was over. He made her feel like she would never be alone.

Cris tells her that she never would have nor will she ever be alone. He's there. Well, she finally accepts that being with Cris is a reality, and she decides to end the marriage. She professes her love for him, and they share a loooong kiss. It was so long that it was still going on when the commercial ended.

They both head back to the car, both decided to end things with their current partners, and as they are driving in pure bliss, it comes to an abrupt halt as Natalie screams,

"Cris, look out!" and Cris loses control of the car on the side of the road.

Stay tuned for scenes from the next "One Life To Live."

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Recap written by Kimberley Barnett, © Copyright by Katherine Thurston & 2002.